Picture-hook



J. B. HALL. PICTURE HOOK.

(No Model.)

Patented Feb. 6, 1894.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.-

JAMES B. HALL, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO D. J. MITCHELL AND JAENIEB. HALL, OF GRAYSON COUNTY, TEXAS.

PICTURE-HOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 514,222, dated February6, 1894.

Application filed December 3,1891. Serial No. 4 N m l- To all whom itmay concern:

Be it known that I, JAMEsB. HALL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Columbus, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful ImprovementsinPicture-Hooks andIdoherebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and

exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

A form of picture hanger now in common use consists of a short pieceoffiat metal bent so as to produceoppositely disposed hooks at each end,one of which fits loosely over a strip the molding with a spuror spursthat penetrate the molding or other thing upon which the device issecured and thus prevent the dislocation or dislodgment referred to,unless, of course, considerable force be applied for the purpose.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective view ofmy improved hanger; Fig. 2 aside View showing the hanger in position tobe applied to the molding; and Fig. 3 a similar view showing the hangersecured to the molding. Y

The hanger will usually be made of metal having considerable elasticity.That shown in the drawings consists of a short piece of sheet metal bentat each end so as to form hooks A and B. The book A, which isconstructed to fit upon the upper projecting edge of a strip of molding,is furnished with one or more spurs a. which enter the rear part of themolding when the hook is forced down into place. The hook B receives thepicture cord, as usual.

In applying the hanger shown in the draw ings, the spurred end A isplaced in the groove behind the upper part of the molding, asillustrated in Fig. 2, and the cord hookBis pulled down into theposition shown in Fig. 3. Now as the distance between the spurs a andthe base of the hook Ais less than the thickness of that part of themolding upon which the hook fits the contractile power of the lattertends to force the spurs into the molding and thus lock the hook inplace. This contractile force of the hook also assists in holding thehook in place.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

Apicture hanger consisting of a piece of spring metal having at oppositeends, open hooks facing in opposite directions, one of said hooks beinglarger than the other, the portion of the hanger between said hooksbeing bent forward at an angle with the larger hook, and the end of saidlarger hook being provided with spurs projecting at right angles fromits inner face, substantially as de scribed.

. In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

' JAMES B. HALL.

Witnesses:

GEo. M.. FINOKEL, HERBERT MARTENS.

